PimaCounty, one of the four original counties in Arizona, was created in 1864 when land acquired by the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico in 1853 became the Arizona Territory of the United States.

The original county included all of southern Arizona from the western Colorado River to the Gila River in the north to the Mexican international border in the south and east to the New Mexico state line.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 10.90% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older.

Plans on the drawing board in Tucson, Marana and PimaCounty call for a revitalization of the Santa Cruz and Rillito Rivers and the Canyon del Oro Wash. The Santa Cruz River was once a perennial stream lined with cottonwoods and mesquite bosques on its way north to the Gila River near Gila Bend.

PimaCounty was established in 1864 by the first territorial legislature in.

At its creation, PimaCounty was the second largest of Arizona's four original counties and included all land south of the Gila River and east of Yuma to the Arizona borders with New Mexico.

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The PimaCounty Sheriff’s Department is committed to the advanced strategies of community policing and the direct supervision management of its detention facilities.

The PimaCounty Sheriff’s Department will continue to be a leader and facilitator in attaining the goals to overcome and solve community problems with innovative ideas on crime prevention, proactive inmate management strategies, and public safety resulting in lasting solutions, reduced fear, and a better life for the residents of PimaCounty.

The PimaCounty Sheriff’s Department awards medals and certificates to members of the Department and citizens of the community to recognize acts of heroism, the performance of outstanding service, or injuries sustained in the line of duty.

This county is bounded on the north by the Gila river; on the east by New Mexico; on the south by Sonora, and on the west by Yumacounty.

The western end of the county, to a line drawn north and south from the Gila river to the Sonora line, and passing a few miles west of Tucson, is uninhabited after leaving the Gila river, except by the Papago Indians, whose habitation will hereafter be described.

The county south of the Gila and east of that heretofore mentioned, is watered by the San Pedro and Santa Cruz rivers and several smaller streams, and is composed of plains, valleys and broken chains of mountains.

PimaCounty, the second largest of the four original counties, was created in 1864 and included approximately all of southern Arizona acquired from Mexico by the Gadsen Purchase.

Within PimaCounty are two cactus forests Saguaro National Park to the northeast and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in the southwestern portion.

PimaCounty has an Enterprise Zone that includes all of South Tucson, central Tucson, portions of Marana, Sahuarita, parts of PimaCounty and parts of the Tohono QOdham and Pasqua Yaqui Indian Reservations.

The mission of the Tucson Rape Crisis Center, Southern Arizona's Center Against Sexual Assault, is to reduce the trauma and incidence of sexual assault by providing treatment and promoting prevention of sexual abuse, incest, molestation, and rape.

PimaCounty is the second most populous county in Arizona, and much of the county in the vicinity of Tucson has been developed.

Arizona 82, which heads southwest toward Nogales, continues the scenic route as it enters the Coronado National Forest en route toward the international border.

The two largest, the University of Arizona and ArizonaState University in Tempe, are frequent rivals, both for alumni and for the college sports teams, both of which compete in the Pacific-10 Conference.

PimaCounty's air quality gets high marks from the American Lung Association, including an "A" ranking for fine-particle pollution from power plants, cars, diesel trucks, heavy equipment and industry.

PimaCounty has never exceeded the national air-quality standard for fine-particle pollution, and hasn't exceeded the ozone standard since the 1980s.

One reason for the county's high ranking in that area is that Tucson isn't an industrialized city, so it doesn't have the long list of potential polluters of a Houston or Los Angeles with far more industries, she said.

PimaCounty recognizes the serious issues related to the search for affordable housing and the need to provide a service that will help individuals and families find housing that best meets their needs.

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In 1966, the citizens of PimaCounty, Arizona, approved by a large margin the formation of a junior college district.

The county superintendent of schools then appointed a five-member governing board, which laid the groundwork for the new college.

After a 1995 PimaCounty bond election, the College has used taxpayer-supported bonds to finance much-needed expansion and important facility and technology improvements throughout the PimaCounty Community College District.

PimaCounty will completely avoid unlawful discrimination in every function of County government and vigorously uphold the constitutionally protected rights of all persons to peacefully protest and express their political views.

All PimaCounty government departments shall affirm strong commitments to preserving residents’ freedom of speech, assembly, religion, and privacy, the right to counsel and due process in judicial proceedings, and the protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Any Federal, State, or County law enforcement officials acting within the Pimacounty are requested to work in accordance with the City policies and procedures, and, when cooperating with County Departments, to honor and guarantee the constitutional rights of all PimaCounty residents.

PimaCounty should keep Kino Hospital, develop an integrated health care delivery system, collaborate with other health care providers like UMC and/or TMC, maintain an active rural health program including funding for a mobile clinic and develop a community based board/committee to oversee Kino Hospital.

Tucson and PimaCounty first adopted outdoor lighting ordinances in 1972 in an effort to provide standards so that night lighting did not interfere with nearby astronomical observatories.

Should any outdoor light fixture or the type of light source therein be changed after the permit has been issued, a change request must be submitted to the building official for his approval, together with adequate information to assure compliance with this code, which must be received prior to substitution.

The operation of searchlights for advertising purposes is prohibited in Area A and is prohibited in unincorporatedPimaCounty.

The mission of the Tucson Rape Crisis Center, Southern Arizona's Center Against Sexual Assault, is to reduce the trauma and incidence of sexual assault by providing treatment and promoting prevention of sexual abuse, incest, molestation, and rape.

As with other species of fish found in Arizona, the topminnow is also threatened by aggressive and predatory, non-native fish which have been introduced for recreational purposes.

By the turn of the century, the Masked bobwhite was eliminated from southern Arizona when native grasslands were depleted by cattle grazing.

The Nichol's turk's head cactus is protected by the Arizona Native Plant Law, and is included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which restricts the trading of this and other plants.

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